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NCT04176146 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Nudging Healthcare Organizations to Adopt New Care Delivery Practices

A NA study, sponsored by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
2,387
Enrollment target

NCT04176146: Completed NA study, sponsored by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

NCT04176146 is a NA study that has completed, run by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. The registered enrollment target is 2,387 participants, above the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (70% higher). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT04176146, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
2,387 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

This two-arm, parallel group randomized controlled trial will assess the impact of written social norms messaging (i.e., behavioral 'nudges') on healthcare organization administrators' decision to access online resources that support the adoption of evidence-based healthcare delivery practices. The healthcare delivery practices include the use of population screening tools, clinical practice guidelines, and shared decision making training.

Primary Outcome

The percentage of participants who access the technical assistance webpage will be determined by email and webpage analytics. The primary analysis will be intention to treat (i.e., among all participants sent a letter); a secondary analysis will be a 'per protocol' analysis (i.e., among all participants whose letter was not sent back as undeliverable). Exploratory sub-group analyses will be conducted by each strata characteristic (e.g., whether organization category influences the likelihood of

Interventions

  • BEHAVIORAL Peer comparison and social norms messaging

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 2,387 participants
Start Date 2019-12-09
Est. Completion 2020-06-08
Phase NA
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

427 total trials

What the finished NCT04176146 record still lists

NCT04176146 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. Its 2,387 participants enrollment target places it among the larger protocols in the corpus, above the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (70% higher).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 1 intervention - of which Peer comparison and social norms messaging is the first listed.

NCT04176146 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT04176146 about?

NCT04176146 is a clinical study titled "Nudging Healthcare Organizations to Adopt New Care Delivery Practices". This two-arm, parallel group randomized controlled trial will assess the impact of written social norms messaging (i.e., behavioral 'nudges') on healthcare organization administrators' decision to access online resources that support the adoption of evidence-based healthcare delivery practices. The ...

What is the current status of trial NCT04176146?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 2,387 participants. The study started on 2019-12-09. Estimated completion is 2020-06-08.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT04176146?

The interventions under investigation include: Peer comparison and social norms messaging (BEHAVIORAL).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT04176146?

This trial is sponsored by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, which has 427 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT04176146's enrollment target sits among peer trials

2,387 46th of 2000 higher than 1,955 of 2,000 other NA trials

participants (enrollment target), bucketed by value

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04176146, the US trial registry maintained by the National Library of Medicine. NCT04176146 (large enrollment · none site footprint · completed) retrieved and formatted by PlainTrial, see methodology.